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The Showcase of The Immortals. The Grandest Stage of Them All. The biggest Professional Wrestling show in the world.

It is, as Mr. McMahon would say, "The Greatest Sports Entertainment Spectacular of All Time".

WrestleMania is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced annually between mid-March to early April. It was first produced in 1985, when Vince McMahon had an idea to hold a flagship pay-per-view show for his World Wrestling Federation to counter the Starrcade event held by rival Jim Crockett Promotions. This show - the very first WrestleMania - was heavily cross-promoted through MTV and other popular television outlets; the WWF's mainstream success from this point on hinged on the first WrestleMania being a success.

It turned out to be a huge success; from then on out, the WWF (now World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE) has held WrestleMania as an annual event, using the show to end major feuds and begin new ones. It is considered WWE's flagship event, and is the biggest show WWE (or any other wrestling promotion) puts on every year. In recent years, WrestleMania has become the annual Mecca of the wrestling world: since the event draws in fans from all over the world, many of the larger independent promotions hold shows in WrestleMania's host city in the days leading up to the shownote (Though never on the actual day of, most likely out of respect and/or fear of legal reprisal.) in an attempt to expose fans to their product. WWE is not very appreciative of this, however, and has made moves in recent years to keep other wrestling shows out of the cities where WrestleMania takes place; it's rumored that part of the reason Phoenix, Arizona won the bid to host WrestleMania XXVI was because they agreed to prevent other wrestling promotions from holding shows in publicly-owned venues (both Ring of Honor and Dragon Gate USA managed to book shows in the area for the weekend of WrestleMania XXVI, however).

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WrestleMania provides examples of the following tropes:

Accidental Athlete: More of a kayfabe example, but at WM 34, Braun Strowman was to face The Bar for the Raw Tag Team Championship... but he didn't have a partner. He went into the audience and picked out a 10-year-old boy named Nicholasnote later revealed to be the son of WWE referee John Cone as his partner. Nicholas was tagged in early in the match, and had the presence of mind to immediately tag in Strowman, who rampaged through both opponents to win the titles. (They would give up the titles on the following night's Raw.)

Art Evolution: Compare WrestleMania I's lack of a stage to the small stages and mini rings of II through VIII, the outdoor setup of IX to the understated stages of X through XIV to the giant logo of XV, the double trons of 2000, the Trope Codifier of stages in X-Seven and X8 that introduced the LED Walls, the unconventional stages of XIX (baseball stadium), XX (combining old and new aspects in the 18,000+ Madison Square Garden), 21 (movie theatre-themed) and 22 (cityscape) to the return to 70-80,000+ football stadiums with 23 with sets with growing Serial Escalation leading up to WrestleMania XXX's colossal setup. WWE documented the evolution through 31 here.

XIX: Triple H defeated Booker T to retain the World Heavyweight Title, thus winning the feud which centered around Triple H making disparaging remarks about Booker T weeks prior to the event. Matt Hardy also defeated Rey Mysterio to retain the Cruiserweight Championship, while Team Angle retained the WWE Tag Team Championship.

XXVII: The Miz retained the WWE Championship after The Rock restarted the match and Rock Bottom'dJohn Cena. Cody Rhodes also defeated Rey Mysterio, though it was ironically seen as one of the night's highlightsnote The event was greatly criticized for the burial of their new and up and coming talents, with Rhodes' victory being the sole exception. Michael Cole also defeated Jerry Lawler in a match that the latter originally won, but was latter overturned.

XXVIII: Kane defeated Randy Orton, and John Laurinaitis led his seven-man team to victory over Teddy Longs. An unofficial example, however, could be Sheamuss eighteen-second squash of Daniel Bryan for the World Heavyweight title, which angered the latters fans and caused his popularity to skyrocket; however, neither man would turn in the aftermath of the match.

29: The Shield, Mark Henry, and Fandango all won their matches (although the Shield were mostly cheered against their opponents, all of whom were largely disliked veterans)

31: Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and defeated Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Unlike the previous examples, this doesn't really count as a Downer Ending—because the fans were a) extremely negative towards Reigns and b) a little weary of Lesnar's absentee championship run, the usually hated heel Rollins was mostly cheered. A more straightforward example would be Triple H defeating Sting in the latters only WrestleMania match.

32: The event was notorious for over half of its card being won by Heels, often cleanly (see Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy on the YMMV page for complete details). However, one heel, Triple H, was a de facto Face in his match because the actual Face he was up against was the extremely hated Roman Reigns.

34: Brock Lesnar pretty much dominated Roman Reigns; despite taking four Spears and a number of Superman Punches, Lesnar would fire back even harder, hitting a bevy of suplexes, cutting open Reigns deep with bare-knuckle punches and elbow strikes to the forehead, and hitting a half-dozen F-5s, including one through the announce table. Of course, with Reigns as the opponent, its hard to portray Lesnar as the heel here.

At WrestleMania XXX, Cesaro won the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal by scoop-slamming The Big Show over the top rope - much like Hulk Hogan scoop-slamming André to hit him with the Atomic Leg Drop back at WrestleMania III. Bonus points, Big Show was billed as André's son when he first debuted.

At Wrestlemania XXX, Triple H made his entrance on a throne, dressed as a king, with several women flanking him. One of those women, Charlotte Flair, made the same entrance at Wrestlemania 34, herself on the throne.

The Centerpiece Spectacular: Shawn Michaels's entrance at WrestleMania XII, where Shawn came to the ring on a zip line in an iconic WM moment, which came before a main event 60-minute Iron Man Match against Bret Hart, went into overtime when the time limit expired without a single fall being scored; Michaels eventually scored the winning pinfall to dethrone Bret as the WWF Champion.

VI: The driver of Honky Tonk Man's Cadillac turns out to be future WCW Legend and WWE Hall of Famer Diamond Dallas Page. Future multi-time World Champion and WWE Hall of Famer Edge was also in attendance.

22: One of John Cena's entourage in his gangster car entrance is future five time WWE World Champion CM Punk, who would go on to mention this in the run up to the 2011 Money in the Bank event.

Dangerous Terrain: The Tables, Ladders and Chairs (TLC) matches, which started with a Triangle Ladder match at WrestleMania 2000 between Edge & Christian (winners), the HardyBoyz, and the Dudley Boyz. WrestleMania X-Seven had "TLC II" with the same teams; each team got a little help from a third party (Lita, Spike Dudley, and Rhyno, respectively), and there were several memorable moments, including the insane mid-air Spear that Edge delivered to a dangling-from-the-belts Jeff Hardy.

WrestleMania 13 was the first event where wrestlers born in The '70s (Dwayne Johnson and Headbanger Mosh) competed at the show. It was also the event that saw the beginning of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's rise as a main event wrestler (which leads to the following entry).

WrestleMania XX was the first event where wrestlers born in The '80s (Randy Orton, Rene Dupree, Jackie Gayda, and Garrison Cade) competed at the show.

WrestleMania 21 saw the creation of the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, whose winner is guaranteed a world title match before the next year's WrestleMania. Every year since, people look forward to the match to see just who's going to get a world title push. It's also the WrestleMania where both John Cena and Batista won their first World Championships (WWE and World Heavyweight respectively).

"The Streak" of The Undertaker was explicitly stated time and time again as having been a greater accomplishment than winning a world title and a guaranteed one-way ticket to the WWE Hall of Fame, and that if someone ever managed it, they'd be able to brag about it for the rest of their career. And then, at WrestleMania XXX, Brock Lesnar shockingly did end The Streak.

A lesser example came at WM34, when Charlotte Flair defeated Asuka after the latter had gone unbeaten through her entire WWE tenure, including her year-plus in NXT.

Demoted to Extra: WrestleMania 29 was an example of several WWE wrestlers being left off the card in order to give more time for the three main events (John Cena vs. The Rock, Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar, and CM Punk vs. The Undertaker). This also marked the first time in 16 years that there wasn't any sort of women's match, as the one that was supposed to take place was moved over to Raw.

Early-Bird Cameo: WrestleMania will sometimes use wrestlers from developmental as extras in some of the more elaborate entrances:

When discussing bad WrestleManias, 2 is given a mulligan despite some issues with the card, due to the still-experimental nature of the event at the time, as well as the gimmicky and one-time-only simulcast from three different venues, with closed circuit TV being used for folks at one location to watch the other two-thirds of the show.

The first WrestleMania has closing credits.

Earn Your Happy Ending: Generally the case for WrestleMania main events, usually involving a face wrestler finally achieving his dream in front of a grand stage:

Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XII, winning the WWF Championship after a long (and by "long" we mean over an hour long) match.

The Undertaker wins the WWF Championship at WrestleMania 13. While this was his second reign, this was his first in over five years and his first legitimate with a considerable lengthnote His first reign only lasted a week. This was also his longest run in all his seven World Title reigns.

John Cena and Batista both winning world titles (the WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship, respectively) at WrestleMania 21.

WrestleMania 22: Rey Mysterio, in honor of his dear friend Eddie Guerrero, surviving a triple threat match against Randy Orton and defending Champion Kurt Anglenote Rey won the Royal Rumble Match and was going to compete, but lost the chance to Orton at No Way Out until Teddy Long reinstated Rey back in and against all odds became "The Ultimate Underdog" to achieve the World Heavyweight Championship.

WrestleMania 28: The Big Show finally breaks his non-Tag Team victory drought at this event since his debut by winning the Intercontinental Championship, making him a Grand Slam Champion in the process.

WrestleMania XXX: Daniel Bryan after slugging through all of 2013 and up to the beginning of 2014 against The Authority, Randy Orton and Batista, had to fight Triple H in a 25+ minute slobberknocker just to even get a chance to fight Orton and Batista and then had to survive everything thrown at him: the Authority, being taken through a table, sledgehammers, to the point that he had to be taken out on a stretcher—yet he still made Batista tap to the Yes! Lock and won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

WrestleMania 33: Naomi regains the SmackDown Women's Championship she was forced to relinquish due to injury, in front of her hometown crowd.

The Hell in a Cell match at WrestleMania XXVIII between Triple H and The Undertaker was billed as "The End of an Era", building on the fact that they are the last, largest wrestlers from the Attitude Era still actively competing, and acknowledging the possibility that they may both retire soon; 'Taker due to injuries and old age and Hunter due to his backstage responsibilities.

WrestleMania 29: In retrospect, this was the last Mania to feature John Cena in a World Title match or/and in the Main Event, which he's been in since WrestleMania 21. This was also the final Mania victory for The Undertaker with his streak intact.

At WrestleMania XXX, The Undertaker's Streak was finally broken, and it was referred to by the announce team as "truly the end of an era."

FaceHeel Turn: Since WrestleMania is considered the final episode of that yearly chapter, one can expect some changes in previously heroic characters:

V: Rick Martel, who had recently returned after a several-month-long absence note in real life, to tend to his ailing wife; in kayfabe, he had been injured during a match with tag team champions Demolition and reunited with old tag-team partner and longtime friend Tito Santana (they called themselves Strike Force) for a match against Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard (aka the Brain Busters). The reunion didn't last, as after a mistimed move by Santana sent Martel sprawling to the mat, Martel threw up his arms in frustration and walked out on Santana, turning a competitive match into a Curb-Stomp Battle with Santana on the losing end. After the match, Martel explained that he was tired of having Santana ride his wave of success ("I'm sick and tired. Sick and tired of him. I was doing great as a singles wrestler, but Mr. Tito wants to ride my coattails some more").

13: Bret Hart. Technically a double-turn.Austin as a heel that time was given more cheers and Hart decided to attack him after the match, solidifying himself as a heel. Backstage, Hart didn't feel comfortable about the idea due to his established babyface character, but did it for the love of the business.

X-Seven: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin selling his soul to the devil Vince McMahon to win the WWF title. Despite being considered one of the best matches, fans never expected this to happen. Austin's heel turn didn't go so well and ended after Survivor Series. This also was the closing the Attitude Era that Austin was a part of for years.

The first WrestleMania provided the impetus for "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff to turn good, after ally Bob Orton Jr. accidentally hit Orndorff in the head and caused him and Roddy Piper to lose their main-event match to Hulk Hogan and Mr. T.

III: Brutus Beefcake, who had been part of a successful tag team with Greg "the Hammer" Valentine (as the Dream Team), having been former Tag Team champions before hitting a slump by late 1986. With Beefcake becoming increasingly popular with fans despite being a heel, a storyline was devised where, on camera the two began spatting and newcomer Dino Bravo was starting to show more chemistry with Valentine. The straw that really broke the camel's back was during a televised match where a miscommunication led to "Adorable" Adrian Adonis cutting Beefcake's hair by mistake. While Beefcake helped Valentine defeat the The Rougeau Brothers at the pay-per-view, the team had an argument and Beefcake was left in the ring while Valentine and Bravo left with manager Jimmy Valiant. Beefcake was portrayed as sympathetic and solidified his status as a good guy when, later in the show, he returned to ringside for Adonis' match against Roddy Piper, allowing Piper to score the win by preventing Jimmy Hart from interfering; afterward, Beefcake gleefully cut Adonis' hair, per a pre-match stipulation. Beefcake earned the nickname "The Barber" and quickly became hugely popular with fans.

VI: André the Giant, in his last major pay-per-view match of his career, after he and tag team partner Haku had lost the Tag Team Championship back to Demolition (after Haku's superkick accidentally nailed Andre instead of Smash). Bobby Heenan was so upset at Andre that he (foolishly) slapped the big guy in the face ... and "the Brain" paid dearly (and so did Haku, who tried a sneak attack that Andre immediately stopped).

Heroic Resolve: The big match at WrestleMania 13 was the Submission Match between "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Bret Hart. Busted open, bleeding like crazy, and locked in Hart's signature Sharpshooter submission hold, Austin refused to tap out; instead, he passed out from the pain in a puddle of his own blood rather than submit to Hart. If King of the Ring 1996 was Austin's breakout moment, this was the moment that catapulted him into superstardom.

History Repeats: WrestleMania featured a lot of rematches. Sometimes thrice.

Some wrestlers who actually fought at this event twice but were also in a multi-opponent match involving someone else. Namely; Mick Foley and The Big Show (competed one-on-one at XV before squaring off in a four-way with both Triple H and The Rock the following year), Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle (fought in a three-way with Chris Jericho at 2000 before competing one-on-one in the following year), John Cena and the Big Show (competed one-on-one at XX before squaring off in a three-way with Edge at XXV), John Cena and Triple H (competed in a one-on-one match at 22 before competing in a three-way with Randy Orton at XXIV), Triple H and Randy Orton (competed in a three-way with John Cena at WrestleMania XXIV before competing one-on-one the following year), John Cena and The Miz (competed one-on-one at XXVII before squaring off in a Mixed Tag Team match at 33), Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks (competed in a triple-threat at 32 before squaring off in a fatal-four way the following year), and Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns (competed in an impromptu three-way at 31 after Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract before competing one-on-one without any distractions three years later).

Invincible Hero: The Undertaker's track record at WrestleMania is likely never to be topped: he was not defeated in his first 21 matches he wrestled at the event. (In an odd reversal, Undertaker and Shawn Michaels' match at WrestleMania XXV, which was perhaps 2009's Match of the Year, was 'Taker's first one-on-one victory over Michaels.) Of course, after WrestleMania XXX, Undertaker's record read 211, thanks to one Brock Lesnar. As of WrestleMania 34, Taker's record stands at 242.

30 was set in New Orleans, and most of the TV spots were Mardi Gras themed. However during the event itself this wasn't really played up—Bray Wyatt had a Mardi Gras themed entrance and Layla wore a carnival mask, but nothing else really.

34, on the other hand, played this straight, with the entire stage modeled after a carnival mask◊.

Just One Little Mistake: Attempting to give the fans a WrestleMania moment, Brock Lesnar attempted a Shooting Star Press (a diving backflip splash off the top rope) at WrestleMania XIX against Kurt Angle. He hadn't performed this dangerous maneuver since his time in WWE's feeder league OVW, placed Angle too far from the corner, and though he did in fact rotate perfectly for the press, Angle's distance resulted in Lesnar landing squarely on his head, almost breaking his own neck on Angle, but luckily he ended up with only a mild concussion note (said move became known as the Shooting Star Neck Breaker, Shooting Star Self-Piledriver, or Shooting Brock Press). Angle quickly led the dazed Lesnar into an improvised finish to the match. Ironically, going into the event it was Angle who had raised concern over getting injured as his well-known neck problems were flaring up, and it was believed that his insistence on performing at the event anyway could lead to the end of his career, when actually it was Lesnar who nearly ended breaking his neck at the event. On the bright side, it certainly did create a "WrestleMania moment" as the image of Brock suspended upside down in midair above Kurt, CLEARLY not going to complete the move◊, is one of the most iconic (and terrifying) images in the history of the event.

Mêlée à Trois: While title matches are usually contested in one-on-one matches, there are some that were contested in triple threat, fatal-four way, or even multiple opponent matches:

2001: Raven vs The Big Show vs Kane for the Hardcore Championship (Kane won), plus the Triangle ladder rematch from last year (E & C won again).

2002: The Women's Championship was contested in a triple-threat match between Jazz, Lita, and Trish Stratus (Jazz retained). Meanwhile, the Tag Team titles were contested in a four-way elimination match between Billy and Chuck vs APA vs the HardyBoyz vs The Dudley Boys (Billy and Chuck retained).

2004: Chris Benoit vs Triple H vs Shawn Michaels for the World Heavyweight Championship (Benoit won). The Tag Team Titles of both Raw and SmachDown were also both defended in fatal-four ways (both Tag Champs retained).

Numbered Sequels: Historically, most editions have used Roman numerals as part of their branding, although there have been exceptions, including 13, 2000 (16), the unusual X-Seven and X8, 21 through 23, 29, and every one since 31 (29 and every edition since 31 don't even have numbers in their logos anymore)

Red Baron: This event is christened as "The Grandest Stage of them All"; "The Show of Shows"; "The Showcase of the Immortals"; "The Biggest Show of the Year"; "The Greatest Spectacle of Sports Entertainment"; "The Granddaddy of them All".

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin, the guest referee of Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg at WrestleMania XX. What should have been a dream matchup was ruined by Lesnar's surprise decision to quit WWE to try out for the NFL, and Goldberg seemed to think the whole match was a joke. The only cheering was for Austin, who delivered a Stunner to both Lesnar and Goldberg after the match.

Similarly, at WrestleMania XXVII Austin was guest ref for Jerry Lawler vs Michael Cole. Cole spent close to 10 minutes beating on Lawler. To say that the crowd did not enjoy this would be an understatement. The end of the match then had the Raw general manager retroactively disqualify Lawler because Guest Referee Austin got involved in the match. Booker T and Josh Mathews also got Stunners without doing anything - likely just an excuse to get J.R. and King back together on commentary for the rest of the show.

Scenery Porn: Most of the stages from 1999 onwards invoked this. Beforehand, the Roman theme of WrestleMania IX is probably the most well-remembered part of the event.

Season Finale: WrestleMania serves as one for most storyline feuds in WWE every year. While some rivalries continue after the event (which for many years was the theme for Backlash), most rivalries in general end here and from then on, the company starts new ones. In the video games, the Career modes usually climax at a WrestleMania.

Sequel Hook: WrestleMania XXVII/XXVIII seemed to like this trope a lot:

The WrestleMania XXVII main event between The Miz and John Cena was a slow, boring match that lead to a double countout. The Rock came out and ordered the match to continue, but it ended again about 5 seconds later with The Rock hitting the Rock Bottom on Cena and Miz retaining. The Rock then gave Miz the People's Elbow so the night ended with a semi-retired wrestler standing over The Miz, WWE Champion, and Cena, WWE's currently most popular wrestler. It was nothing more than a Sequel Hook for the main event for WrestleMania XXVIII, Rock vs. Cena.

She Cleans Up Nicely: The Hall of Fame induction ceremony is the night before, and the inductees appear on stage all dressed to the nines.

"Shaggy Dog" Story: Sable's feud with Tori leading into XV was based around Sable thinking she was better than her Loony Fan. Just when it looked like Tori was about to defeat Sable and become Women's Champion, Nicole Bass debuted and helped Sable win. The feud was ended there.

WrestleMania XXV had an example that affected two matches: the event should have seen the Colón Brothers defeating John Morrison and The Miz to become the first Unified Tag Team Champions. However, their victory was relegated to taking place before the actual card, to make room for a song performance by Kid Rock (worse, the concert was taken out of the DVD release of the event). And the following Divas' battle royal had several older past Divas returning such as Sunny, Molly Holly, Torrie Wilson and Victoria, but the Divas had no entrances for that match and came out dancing to Kid Rock, so no introductions for the past Divas.

The Royal Rumble winner should get a title shot at WrestleMania's main event, but John Cena has stolen this spot every year since 2006, except in 2009note Rumble winner Randy Orton vs. champion Triple H, although Cena was still in the other title match and ironically, 2008note Cena himself won the Rumble that year but didn't headline WM 24, an honor that went to Edge and The Undertaker. The same thing happened in 2017 and 2018, but with Roman Reigns instead of Cena taking the Main Event spot from the actual Winner (or in 2018's case, Winners).

Occasionally a non-title match will headline and/or close out the show. The most notable in recent years is the rematch between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker at XXVI (which would be Shawn's retirement match), and when John Cena faced The Rock for the first time at XXVIII.

Unexplained Recovery: WrestleMania XV featured The Undertaker defeating The Big Boss Man in a plodding, boring, forgettable Hell in a Cell match. After the match, Undertaker had The Brood (Gangrel/Edge/Christian, then members of the Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness) slip a noose down through the roof of the Cell so he could "hang" Boss Man. Big Boss Man suddenly showed up on Raw the next night as if nothing happened, and the whole thing was never mentioned again. Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness attire and entrance was probably the best part of the whole thing.

The boxing match between Butterbean and Bart Gunn was real, and thus an aversion, but easily the least entertaining and the most pointless match of WrestleMania XV. For a little context: earlier in the year, WWE staged the Brawl for Alltournament, a set of legit shootfighting matches long thought to have been a way to reintroduce seriously legit tough guy "Dr. Death" Steve Williams. Bart Gunn didn't get the memo and knocked Williams out in the quarterfinals, eventually winning the tournament. Several WWE performers have gone on to state that the match against Butterbean (a five-time World Toughman champion and the reigning IBA Superheavyweight boxing champion) was a punishment, as it transformed almost instantly from Unworked Shoot to Very Bad Shoot when Bart Gunn was knocked out two minutes in. That theory is bolstered by the fact that WWE released him not long after (and if some accounts are to be believed, right after Gunn returned to backstage). Luckily for him, Williams had a huge following as a legit tough guy in Japan, so Gunn was able to have a long run there. All in all, Roddy Piper and Mr. T worked a better boxing match at WrestleMania II, and that's saying something - that one was worked, however (video).

The match between Brock Lesnar and the Undertaker at WrestleMania XXX had elements of this - referee Chad Patton wasn't told the finish and was instead ordered to treat every pinfall as if it was the match finish and to count to three unless there was a kick-out. When he counted the three count that ended the Streak, Patton was so shocked that he forgot to call for the bell. It very well might have been that, at ringside at least, only Lesnar and Undertaker knew the finish; once Patton made the three-count, the announcers were stunned into silence, and even Paul Heyman, Lesnar's manager, had his jaw on the floor.

When Undertaker was set to face Triple H at WrestleMania XXVII, they pretended that Triple H and 'Taker had never wrestled before. 'Taker said that he had "beaten 19 men" at WrestleMania, when he had faced Kane and Shawn Michaels twice. He had said "18 men have come..." on the promo the previous year, which was accurate up until the second time he faced Michaels, with his two matches against Kane being balanced by the fact that one of his matches was a two-on-one handicap.

When promoting a WrestleMania milestone, WWE forgets that the number of the WrestleMania doesn't actually indicate how many years it's been since the first one. WrestleMania XXV wasn't actually the 25th anniversary of the first WrestleMania, it was the 24th anniversary. If you wanted to mark the 25-year anniversary of the first WrestleMania, you had to wait until WrestleMania XXVI.

You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!: The summation of the RAW commentary team's reaction to the RAW Tag Team Title Match at WrestleMania 34, wherein the challenger Braun Strowman announced that his mystery partner would be a member of the WWE Universe (i.e. a fan from the crowd). Said reaction increased when Braun proceeded to choose a ten-year old kid (named Nicholas) as his partner, again when Braun actually tagged him in, and culminating the ultimate reactions of disbelief when they won the match.

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